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Lead “bursogram” and focal synovitis secondary to a retained intraarticular bullet fragment

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  1. D. L. Janzen M.D.

    Present address: Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  1. San Francisco Magnetic Resonance Center, San Francisco, California, USA

    D. L. Janzen M.D. & P. F. J. Tirman M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston, Texas, USA

    A. E. Rabassa M.D.

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals, Galveston, Texas, USA

    S. Kumar M.D.

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Janzen, D.L., Tirman, P.F.J., Rabassa, A.E. et al. Lead “bursogram” and focal synovitis secondary to a retained intraarticular bullet fragment. Skeletal Radiol. 24, 142–144 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00198079

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